Figure about the research. Credit: Ian Hatton, Eric Galbraith et al. A new international study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology…
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A new study suggests that a million years ago, glaciers began sticking more persistently to their beds, triggering cycles of longer ice ages. Here, ice…
Geoscientist Georgia Hole used tree rings to retrace the paths of driftwood, once frozen in sea ice, as it made its way through the Arctic.…
The view from the DC-8 research aircraft as flies through the marine boundary layer, the portion of the atmosphere close to the ocean’s surface where…
This image of Earth was compiled using tens of thousands of images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Thanks to the satellite era, we are better…
Measurements of light intensity (white lines) and zooplankton abundance (black line) with ocean depth (z, in meters) show that when cloud shadows prevent sunlight from…
Ice capped and snow-covered mountains of coastal west Greenland. (April 2015). Credit: Matthew Osman © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Greenland may be best known for…
A right whale breaches the surface. Warming oceans have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat, exposing…
Postdoctoral researcher Adriane Lam and Assistant Professor Molly Patterson making sense of new geochemical data obtained from planktic foraminifera. Credit: Binghamton University Ocean currents embody…
Aerial view of Severnaya Zemlya in the Russian Arctic. Glaciers and ice caps in two archipelagos in the Russian Arctic are losing enough meltwater to…
Between 35.6% and 95% of 20th century ocean surface climates — defined by surface water temperature, pH, and the concentration of the mineral aragonite —…
Surface ocean temperatures simulated at unprecedented resolution using a coupled atmosphere-ocean model. The extensive wavy cold structure in the equatorial Pacific corresponds to a tropical…
Scanning electron microscopy images of foraminifera from different angles. Credit: Northwestern University Shelled organisms helped buffer ocean acidification by consuming less alkalinity from seawater. Third…
A gravid female krill, meaning she is carrying thousands of eggs and ready to spawn. Credit: Langdon Quetin Climate conditions play a significant role in…
Scientists prepare to collect near-bottom water aboard the R/V Pelican to verify oxygen measurements used to determine the size of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic…
Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Thomas Ronge Researchers map the geothermal heat flow in West Antarctica; a new potential weak spot in the ice sheet’s stability is…
KAUST researchers are exploring the use of probiotic bacteria to boost the survival of corals after bleaching events. Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Morgan Bennett Smith…
A conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor, or CTD, lowers into the Sargasso Sea. Researchers used the instrument to collect phytoplankton, a foundation of ocean health,…
North Atlantic Ocean Currents. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The AMOC, a system of ocean currents influencing weather patterns globally and responsible…
Hypoxic ocean waters are those that have little to no oxygen. These conditions can impact both coral reef and microbial communities, such as the one…